Comments on: Early Stage Investing in an Uncertain Economyhttp://www.feld.com/archives/2008/09/early-stage-investing-in-an-uncertain-economy.html
Sun, 02 Aug 2015 17:09:00 +0000hourly1By: kimm_viebro1980http://www.feld.com/archives/2008/09/early-stage-investing-in-an-uncertain-economy.html#comment-9196
Wed, 07 Jan 2009 01:55:56 +0000http://local.feld.com/archives/2008/09/early-stage-investing-in-an-uncertain-economy.html#comment-9196My experience is that an uncertain economy means it's not any more risky for someone with a good idea to go into business for him/herself as it is to try to find a job in their field – in fact, a down economy may even push a person into trying to come up with such entrepreneurial-minded ideas.

I'd imagine a discussion focusing on how investors are the lines connecting the dots between this particular flavor of risk-taking and the impact the current economy may have on chances for success would be very interesting indeed. Or the glue. We know Brad likes glue. I just don't know about gluing dots together.

My gut sense is that it has to be a lot like building new office space, an activity that often happens in down markets so that the space will be available when the market rebounds and companies are growing & looking for room to expand. The lead time it takes to build office towers means you always are in construction mode long before it's needed.

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Wed, 07 Jan 2009 01:55:55 +0000http://local.feld.com/archives/2008/09/early-stage-investing-in-an-uncertain-economy.html#comment-9152Will this be recorded/available for those of us that can't make it? As an entrepreneur of a startup that is currently in growth & fundraising mode, I'd like to see how the discussion goes.
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Wed, 07 Jan 2009 01:55:55 +0000http://local.feld.com/archives/2008/09/early-stage-investing-in-an-uncertain-economy.html#comment-9157It might end up on w3w3.com – I'm not sure.
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Sat, 06 Sep 2008 08:03:41 +0000http://local.feld.com/archives/2008/09/early-stage-investing-in-an-uncertain-economy.html#comment-45682http://www.votetheday.com/polls/us-economy-in–29…
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Sat, 06 Sep 2008 08:03:41 +0000http://local.feld.com/archives/2008/09/early-stage-investing-in-an-uncertain-economy.html#comment-30440http://www.votetheday.com/polls/us-economy-in–29…
]]>By: Mikehttp://www.feld.com/archives/2008/09/early-stage-investing-in-an-uncertain-economy.html#comment-9240
Thu, 04 Sep 2008 15:06:10 +0000http://local.feld.com/archives/2008/09/early-stage-investing-in-an-uncertain-economy.html#comment-9240Thanks… if you have time after, please post a summary and/or your thoughts here or as a blog post. I'm (hopefully) not the only one interested in this.
]]>By: Mikehttp://www.feld.com/archives/2008/09/early-stage-investing-in-an-uncertain-economy.html#comment-45684
Thu, 04 Sep 2008 15:06:10 +0000http://local.feld.com/archives/2008/09/early-stage-investing-in-an-uncertain-economy.html#comment-45684Thanks… if you have time after, please post a summary and/or your thoughts here or as a blog post. I'm (hopefully) not the only one interested in this.
]]>By: Kimm Viebrockhttp://www.feld.com/archives/2008/09/early-stage-investing-in-an-uncertain-economy.html#comment-45681
Wed, 03 Sep 2008 12:44:37 +0000http://local.feld.com/archives/2008/09/early-stage-investing-in-an-uncertain-economy.html#comment-45681My experience is that an uncertain economy means it's not any more risky for someone with a good idea to go into business for him/herself as it is to try to find a job in their field – in fact, a down economy may even push a person into trying to come up with such entrepreneurial-minded ideas.

I'd imagine a discussion focusing on how investors are the lines connecting the dots between this particular flavor of risk-taking and the impact the current economy may have on chances for success would be very interesting indeed. Or the glue. We know Brad likes glue. I just don't know about gluing dots together.

My gut sense is that it has to be a lot like building new office space, an activity that often happens in down markets so that the space will be available when the market rebounds and companies are growing & looking for room to expand. The lead time it takes to build office towers means you always are in construction mode long before it's needed.

]]>By: Brad Feldhttp://www.feld.com/archives/2008/09/early-stage-investing-in-an-uncertain-economy.html#comment-45683
Tue, 02 Sep 2008 20:25:31 +0000http://local.feld.com/archives/2008/09/early-stage-investing-in-an-uncertain-economy.html#comment-45683It might end up on w3w3.com – I'm not sure.
]]>By: Mikehttp://www.feld.com/archives/2008/09/early-stage-investing-in-an-uncertain-economy.html#comment-45680
Tue, 02 Sep 2008 18:15:51 +0000http://local.feld.com/archives/2008/09/early-stage-investing-in-an-uncertain-economy.html#comment-45680Will this be recorded/available for those of us that can't make it? As an entrepreneur of a startup that is currently in growth & fundraising mode, I'd like to see how the discussion goes.
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